eddie Setup Eddie Again

[Jockel 1]

Hi Folks, 2 small questions: I have to re-install Eddie again. Which flavor should i  use ? Now i have a Manjaro System.
Childhood is over. I want to setup up a new, safe, stable system.My Goals: improving networking,security  and coding skills. No Disneyland.
Do you think Debian would the tight OS for me ?
Thank you so much.

Jockel

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[ByteBuccaneer 16]

My 2 cents: I use and love Manjaro. But within Arch its really more about the desktop environment. I'm a KDE fan. The "stable" branch of Manjaro was WAY too slow moving for me. I'd stay away from the "testing" branch as well given your "safe, stable" goals. That branch is CONSTANTLY breaking (as they warn it will - to be fair). I run the "unstable" branch which sounds spooky but its really just production Arch before the Manjaro team has a chance to meddle with things in the "testing" branch. Honestly if you're running unstable Manjaro the argument is there to just run vanilla Arch / KDE. I like nice installers tho 

As far as Eddie goes, I just run the version in the AUR. 

Debian is for stable servers IMO. Arch for desktops, but everyone has their own opinion. Hell, try Hannah Montana Linux if that floats your boat!

[pj 73]

Hello!

You could also consider FreeBSD. In certain respects, such as documentation, uniformity, internal consistency, security, and compliance with the Unix philosophy (no systemd here, for example!), it is vastly superior to most Linux distributions. Kernel is in several fields (but not all) remarkably faster than Linux kernel.

Think about this: while in Linux we have a kernel that is the foundation for hundreds (or thousands) of different distributions, each with its own standards, package managers, directory hierarchies, and init systems, in FreeBSD we have a unified development model where the kernel and the operating system are developed together by a single, large team, with contributions from the broader community. This ensures a more cohesive and consistent experience across the entire system.

For software developers (just in case you will like to develop), it means that releasing applications for FreeBSD is simpler. No need to worry about the variations between different Linux distributions, with differing conventions, package managers, libraries, init systems, directory structures, making FreeBSD a more predictable and streamlined platform for development.

 

However, hardware support is much more limited, and several DRM tools are missing, so you cannot directly enjoy various streaming services, which is paradoxical in a way when you consider that various Internet giants such as Netflix prefer FreeBSD (Netflix also actively contributes back to the FreeBSD project, with over a thousand commits documented, and is committed to upstreaming customizations that have general applicability).

Furthermore, we have not yet released dedicated software for FreeBSD but we are seriously thinking about it.

FreeBSD is also the 1st and exclusive choice for major gaming platforms by Sony (PS4, PS5), running customized versions of the old FreeBSD 9, and Nintendo (Wii, Switch, Switch 2...).

My 2 cents pushed by renewed enthusiasm towards FreeBSD (since 2019 I dropped Linux and I don't run anymore any Linux system on my desktop computers). 😋

Kind regards